Rachel gets an unpleasant surprise when Ross returns home. Phoebe has varied success when cutting her friends hair!

Monica goes shopping with Ross's new girlfriend and is too afraid to tell Rachel. Joey is troubled when a fellow after-shave salesman outperforms him on the job.

The downstairs neighbor dies and bequeaths his strange possessions to Monica and Rachel.

Everyone's surprised when Phoebe's husband shows up.

When planning a birthday party for Ross, the six discover money is an issue in life, even among friends.

Joey and Chandler accidentally leave Ben on a bus while babysitting. Phoebe (whose Smelly Cat debuts here) gets fired from her Central Perk singing gig, and is replaced by a professional.

Dramatic developments occur in Ross and Rachel's relationship. Chandler regrets asking Monica to help him lose weight.

Rachel makes a painful discovery concerning Ross. Monica's new boss gives her an impossible task.

Phoebe learns the surprising truth about her father. Ross makes Monica's Christmas party guests miserable. Rachel gets her revenge on Ross.

After some gentle persuasion, Joey accepts a great acting job. Rachel dates a guy who looks amazingly like Ross.

Carol and Susan prepare for their wedding with help from an uncomfortable Ross.

Ross goes to visit Marcel at San Diego Zoo and finds the Monkey is pursuing a show-biz career. Joey has a date with a deranged fan.

Ross goes to visit Marcel at San Diego Zoo and finds the Monkey is pursuing a show-biz career. Joey has a date with a deranged fan.

Monica's old home video elicits the true feelings Ross has for Rachel. Joey gives Chandler a gift.

Ross and Rachel encounter romantic obstacles. Monica falls for a handsome older doctor.

Chandler catches Joey licking a spoon and replacing it in the drawer, and a major fight ensues. Monica's parents find out about her new boyfriend.

Joey and Chandler pine for each other but neither will admit it. Chandler gets a new flatmate. A record company asks Phoebe to make a Smelly Cat music video.

Joey's soap character looks set to behuged off after Joey makes some contentious remarks to a fan magazine. Monica and Richard have their first argument.

Chandler battles to get rid of his annoying new flatmate and have Joey, who's feeling the crunch of unemployment and mountain debt, move back in. The girls discover a book on personal empowerment.d

Impressionable Phoebe becomes depressed when it dawns on her that some movies don't end happily. Richard bonds with Chandler and Joey at a basketball game.

Chandler and Ross are intimidated by two bullies who take over the friends' Central Perk sofa. Phoebe meets her long-lost family.

Rachel gets a real surprise when her parents show up at her birthday party.

When Phoebe catches chicken pox, her chances for romance with an ex-lover are nearly ruined. Monica feels she may be too neurotic for straight-laced Richard.

Rachel is bridesmaid at her ex-fiance's wedding. Monica and Richard's relationship is jeopardized when the subject of children arise.